Well, it finally had to happen, I had to take down our 22-piece Snow Village display. With a baby on the way, we need to clear all of the empty Department 56 boxes out of our spare room and get them back down to storage. Thankfully, we have a spare bedroom, because that will become the baby's bedroom.
I began the task of putting away our displays last friday night, but I wasn't able to finish on the weekend. I left the entire set of "A Christmas Story" pieces, albeit on another table, all jammed together like an urban cityscape. Those will come down this weekend, and then everything will be put away for another year.
I will drag the Halloween pieces out first, so my wife and I have easy access to them next September. I'll then carefully place the Christmas storage bins behind them, making sure nothing is blocking the easy retrieval of my villages.
I am extremely excited about having a baby, and now the only question remains...what village will she/he collect? My wife and I have always had a sharp eye on the North Pole series, with its' many whimsical designs. Truth of the matter, there really isn't any more SV or SVH pieces that we plan on buying or even like, especially when we're talking about those new releases.
The search for North Pole series sales begins!
I began the task of putting away our displays last friday night, but I wasn't able to finish on the weekend. I left the entire set of "A Christmas Story" pieces, albeit on another table, all jammed together like an urban cityscape. Those will come down this weekend, and then everything will be put away for another year.
I will drag the Halloween pieces out first, so my wife and I have easy access to them next September. I'll then carefully place the Christmas storage bins behind them, making sure nothing is blocking the easy retrieval of my villages.
I am extremely excited about having a baby, and now the only question remains...what village will she/he collect? My wife and I have always had a sharp eye on the North Pole series, with its' many whimsical designs. Truth of the matter, there really isn't any more SV or SVH pieces that we plan on buying or even like, especially when we're talking about those new releases.
The search for North Pole series sales begins!
Hi,
ReplyDeleteI can sympathize with the storage situation! Before I trimmed back what was a huge collection I had a major job on my hands putting everything away, largely because I'd always buy new pieces over the holiday and have to find more room for the new pieces...
These days I have a much smaller and more manageable collection and I'm also looking forward to expanding my small North Pole village. It's a slippery slope, but I hope to keep things under control and not go overboard again. :-)
I have a Christmas Villages store online, and have Dept. 56 as well as some of the other villages. I absolutely love them! You mentioned you have a links section for online village stores, and I thank you for give me some link-space! My store is called Christmas Villages Online and its at http://www.christmasvillagesonline. Stop by and visit!
Alice